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1962 Map of Hogback Mountain

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Hogback Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

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Helena National Forest dominates this 1962 landscape, where the boundary between Lewis and Clark and Meagher counties follows the high ridgelines of the Big Belt Mountains. The terrain is defined by its deep drainage patterns, such as Diamond Creek and Trout Creek, which carve through the steep slopes of Hogback Mountain and Middleman Mountain. This period shows a backcountry focused on recreational and forest access rather than permanent settlement.

A few specific points of human activity are evident, most notably the Vigilante Campground near the confluence of Trout Creek and Swamp Creek. The map also preserves old family and local place names like Jim Ball Basin and several named ravines including Blacksmith Gulch and Kelly Gulch. For those tracing historical movement through the forest, the Elk Ridge Trail and various unnamed pack trails suggest the routes used by early rangers and hunters.